Web3 Hacks & DeFi Exploit Intelligence
- $104B+Lost
- 3844Incidents
- 126Chains
- 16Classes
| # | Project | Date | Amount Lost | Chain | Technique | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | ShibaElonMars Honeypot | — | binance | Honeypot | ||
| 1982 | Nerve Swap Logic Flaw | $537K | bsc | Swap Logic Flaw | ||
| 1983 | Nerve Finance Other | $586K | — | Other | ||
| 1984 | Blizzard Other | $1.1M | — | Other | ||
| 1985 | ChainSwap Access Control Attacks | $4.4M | bsc, ethereum | Exploit Weak Authentication Check / Caller Impersonation | ||
| 1986 | Ooki Phishing Attacks | $55.0M | bsc, polygon | Private Key Compromised (Phishing) / Phishing | ||
| 1987 | bZx Access Control Attacks | $47.6M | — | Access Control | ||
| 1988 | Vesper Finance Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation | $3.4M | ethereum | Oracle Manipulation / Spot Price Manipulation | ||
| 1989 | Squid Games Drained Liquidity Pool / Liquidity Rug | $3.4M | bsc | Drained Liquidity Pool / Liquidity Rug | ||
| 1990 | Squid Game Rugpull | $5.7M | — | Rugpull | ||
| 1991 | Boy X Highspeed Access Control Attacks | $140M | — | Access Control | ||
| 1992 | BXH Access Control Attacks | $139M | bsc | Private Key Compromised | ||
| 1993 | AutoShark Reward Logic Flaw | $580K | bsc | Reward Logic Flaw | ||
| 1994 | AnubisDAO Drained Contracts / Rugpull / Admin Drain | $60.0M | ethereum | Drained Contracts / Rugpull / Admin Drain | ||
| 1995 | AutoSharkFinance Other | $2.0M | — | Other | ||
| 1996 | Cream Finance Flash Loan Attacks | $130M | — | Flash Loan Attack | ||
| 1997 | CREAM Lending Flash Loan Attacks | $130M | ethereum | Flashloan Price Oracle Attack / Spot Price Manipulation | ||
| 1998 | Alpha Homora Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation | $147K | ethereum | Spot Price Manipulation | ||
| 1999 | Alpha Finance Lab Other | $171K | — | Other | ||
| 2000 | PancakeHunny Other | $2.0M | — | Other | ||
| 2001 | UNIYSWAP Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull | ||
| 2002 | FlokiFarmToken Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull | ||
| 2003 | Mystery Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull | ||
| 2004 | Glide Finance Missing Input Validation | $300K | elastos | Missing Input Validation | ||
| 2005 | OliveOptions Honeypot | — | binance | Honeypot | ||
| 2006 | Indexed Finance Flash Loan Attacks | $16.0M | ethereum | Flashloan Price Oracle Attack / Spot Price Manipulation | ||
| 2007 | Daughter Doge Revenge Token Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull | ||
| 2008 | LionKingToken Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull | ||
| 2009 | AwakenedToken Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull | ||
| 2010 | SaturnBeam Rugpull | — | — | Rugpull |
Data sourced from DefiLlama & SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs . Thank you for keeping Web3 security data open.
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